September 27, 2012 Quick Tips for Video Aubrey Aden-Bule posted a short video report from the Online News Association’s video segments. If you’re starting out, there are five good tips in there to help. Categories Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism/Video
September 24, 2012 Truth with a Camera Workshop Scheduled for Nov. 10-17 in Washington, D.C., registration is now open for the 2012 Truth with a Camera workshop. From the release: The workshop focuses both on teaching visual communicators how to work with and for non-profits as well as instructing non-profits how to work with photographers and use powerful photography. This years instructors include National Geographic photographers Lynn Johnson... Categories Advice & Learning/Photojournalism
September 20, 2012 Let the Aruging Begin … Don’t you love a good list? Even when it’s an insane one like, say, the 100 most influential photographers of all time? A list that puts Robert Capa at 95. And omits James Nachtwey completely? And no Matthew Brady? Jacob Riis and Lewis Hine aren’t here? Special thanks to NPPA President Sean Elliot for giving me something else to be... Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism
September 20, 2012 The Relevance of Picture Agencies In an article at the Wall Street Journal, Mary Panzer questions whether photo agencies like Magnum are still relevant in the modern media era. It’s a good question, and one I don’t really want to think about too much. More troubling is the fact that with the decline of the press and its demand for relevance, and the rise of... Categories Business & Industry/Craft/Photojournalism
September 18, 2012 Then and Now There have been lots of folks talking about the Civil War over the last year, but this is one of the coolest … Todd Harrington, who specializes in wet plate photography, has tried to find the location of some of Alexander Gardner’s images from the Battle of Antietam and recreate them. The way NPR put the web page together is... Categories Craft/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
September 17, 2012 Canon Goes Full-Frame and Cheap(er) Canon has announced their EOS 6D, an entry level full-frame camera with a 20 megapixel sensor in a body that weighs 20% less than their EOS 5D Mark III. Last week, Nikon introduced a similar model, the D600, at the same $2,100 price point. Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
September 14, 2012 Ethics or Taste? Over at the National Press Photographers Association’s Ethics Matters blog they take on the issue of running a photo of the dead or dying Libyan ambassador earlier this week. Their take is it’s not really an ethical issue so much as it is a matter of taste, and that has to be judged based on an understanding of your audience.... Categories Ethics & Legal/Journalism/Photojournalism
September 14, 2012 The Darkening Effect of Memory Over at Bag News Notes, Michael Shaw looks at the retoning of images shot by James Nachtwey on September 11, 2001 – all of the images are appearing darker than when originally published eleven years ago. He makes some good arguments for why this may be, particularly that the editors who scanned and prepped those images weren’t on the scene... Categories Craft/Ethics & Legal/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
September 13, 2012 One for the Nikon Geeks At the big Photokina trade show, Nikon introduced a new, full-frame D600 camera that should retail for about $2100. I think that makes it the lowest-price full-framer out there. Categories Business & Industry/Photojournalism/Tech Talk
September 13, 2012 Pricing Multimedia It’s one of the most persistent questions my students ask me – how much should I charge for this freelance gig? I have some answers, but the multimedia realm is a whole new world to me. Over at Photo District News, Brad Horn answers some questions about how he prices this stuff and it’s a great read. This one graf... Categories Business & Industry/Journalism/Multimedia/Photojournalism